By Critics
Critics' favorites and award-winning masterpieces
Maus
Art Spiegelman
A Pulitzer Prize-winning graphic novel depicting the Holocaust through the author's father's experiences.
American Hagwon
Min Jin Lee
A maximalist novel of the Korean diaspora that stretches from Seoul to Sydney to Southern California, tracing families who stake everything on education in the wake of the 1997 financial crisis.
Atomic Habits
James Clear
Tiny changes, remarkable results. A practical guide to building good habits and breaking bad ones.
Attack on Titan, Vol. 1
Hajime Isayama
Humanity fights for survival against giant man-eating Titans behind massive walls in this dark fantasy.
Educated
Tara Westover
Born to survivalists in the mountains of Idaho, Tara Westover was seventeen the first time she set foot in a classroom. Her family was so isolated from mainstream society that there was no one to ensure the children received an education, and no one to intervene when her father became more radical and abusive. Despite never attending school, Tara taught herself enough mathematics, grammar, and science to gain admission to Brigham Young University. Her quest for knowledge would transform her, taking her over oceans and across continents, to Harvard and to Cambridge University, but her remarkable education came at a terrible cost.
A Court of Splintered Harmony
Sarah J. Maas
The long-awaited return to the Courts, where an uneasy peace splinters and old alliances are tested by a threat rising beyond the wall.
Becoming
Michelle Obama
The intimate, powerful memoir of the former First Lady of the United States.
Death Note, Vol. 1
Tsugumi Ohba, Takeshi Obata
A genius student finds a supernatural notebook that can kill anyone whose name is written in it.
Land
Maggie O'Farrell
A sweeping historical novel set in 19th-century Ireland, following three generations of women bound to a windswept stretch of coast as famine, love and revolution reshape their world.
The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo
Taylor Jenkins Reid
Aging Hollywood icon Evelyn Hugo finally tells the truth about her glamorous and scandalous life.